08-22-2014, 08:58 PM
Isn't this in preparation for the roundabout, supposed to commence next month? The detour is still not clear to me. The road will be closed between Kahakai and what was once the old Pahoa road (blocked ramp right now). It sounds like that blocked old road will be opened up and the route will be like before the bypass. At some point, they will have to choke off all the traffic going back and forth on Hwy 130 and detour it the old village road. That "valve" seems to be where they are digging. This is going to be chaos and they are putting the roundabout in the wrong intersection, so the aftermath will be even more confusion and chaos. Or as Puna residents say, "Eh, same old, same old".
"We come in peace!" - First thing said by missionaries and extraterrestrials
"We come in peace!" - First thing said by missionaries and extraterrestrials
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*